I believe this view is actually outdated -- it was actually true in the past, but I know that currently "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" does define things much more objectively than previous approaches...
It's a bit unfortunate that people out of the psychology area don't even really know that there are multiple different Psychotherapies approaches and that they vary wildly in how problems are tackled/studied (source: my wife works in the area).
It's a bit unfortunate that people out of the psychology area don't even really know that there are multiple different Psychotherapies approaches and that they vary wildly in how problems are tackled/studied (source: my wife works in the area).